Don Valley North (french: Don Valley-Nord) is a federal

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, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the

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from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015. Don Valley North covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north,

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to the south,

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to the west, and

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to the east. Former North York city council member

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, a Progressive Conservative, was elected as its first

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in the 1988 election. She was defeated by

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in the 1993 election. This riding was originally created in 1987, and was first used in the federal election of 1988. It was created from parts of

Don Valley East Don Valley East (french: Don Valley-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, Yor ...

and

York—Scarborough York—Scarborough was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. In the twelve general elections held during York—Scarborough's existence, the par ...

ridings. In 1996, the riding was abolished through redistribution, and divided between

and Willowdale ridings. This riding was re-created from parts of Willowdale and

during the 2012 electoral redistribution. As per the 2016 Census, Don Valley North is one of the only three City of Toronto ridings where Chinese is both the most frequent ethnic origin (32.4% of the population) and most frequent ethnicity group (31.3%, while White/Europeans come second with 29.3% of the population).

Geography

This riding is located in the northeastern part of the

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district in

. It contains the neighbourhoods of Henry Farm,

Bayview Village Bayview Village is an neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the federal Don Valley North riding and the provincial Don Valley North electoral district, and Toronto electoral Ward 17: Don Valley North. In 2006, it had a populati ...

, Bayview Woods-Steeles, Hillcrest Village, Don Valley Village, and Pleasant View.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

2015–present

1988–1993

References

External links

* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
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